Non-refillable bottle.



No. 791,962. PATBNTED JUNE 6, 1905. A. W. WEIKERT.

- NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.13. 1905.

f l/f Witnesses Nrren STATES Patented Tune 6, 1905.

'ATENT Erice.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.791,962, dated Junev 6, 1905.

Application filed Iebruary 13, 1905. Serial No. 245,413.

To all 1071/0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN WESLEY I/VEI- KERT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at I/Yashington, in the District of Columbia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Non-R eiillable Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non refillable bottles, Iand has for itsprincipal object to provide a bottle or similar receptacle which cannotbe refilled without breakage and which may be made at comparativelysmall cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide-a non-refillable bottlein which all of the parts exposed to the liquid may be formed of glassor similar non-corrodible material.

I/Vith these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion, and arrangementof parts may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of anon-refillable bottle constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig.2 is a detail perspective view of the cap detached. Fig. 3 is a similarview of the inner bafHe-shell. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of aslightly-modified form of bafiie-shell.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The bottle 10 may be of any suitable shape and size, and its neck isprovided with an internally-projecting annular rib 11 and has one ormore small recesses 12 for the reception of cap-locking members 13.Seated on the flange is an inner baffle-shell 14, having at its bottoman outwardly-projecting flange 15, that fits more or less closely withinthe neck. The vertical side walls of this shell are tapered at the toptoward a central point, forming a contracted liquid-passage 16, and

from this point the wall is iiared outward toward the top and isrecessed at diametrically opposite points, forming a pair ofpouring-lips 18, that are somewhat lower than the eXtreme top of theshell.

The cap 20 has a pendent annular flange 21, which fits down on theflange 15, while the upper part of the cap presses closely against theupper edge of the shell 14, so that the latter is firmly held in place.To lock the parts together, the flange 21 has one or more openings 23for the reception of very strong coiled springs 13, that [it snugly inplace and which are depressed into the recesses before the cap is placedin position. Vhen the'cap is forced down into the neck of the bottle,the outer portions of the springs move outward into the recesses in theneck of the bottle, and the cap cannot thereafter be removed withoutbreakage of the cap or destroying the springs.

In the upper portion of flange 21 are pouring-openings 26, one of whichis preferably arranged adjacent to each lip 18, but at a point below thelatter, so that a filling-tube cannot be introduced into the bottle. Asa further precaution a hollow gravity-valve 27, provided with a longstem 28, seats in the openinQ` 16, the valve opening automatically whenthe bottle is inverted for pouring out the liquid.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the walls of the inner shell areinclined to permit the more ready introduction of the cap.

With a bottle constructed as described it is impossible to introduce anyliquid after the cap has been placed in position. The parts, moreover,are few in number and may be made and assembled at very small cost.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. In anon-refillable bottle, a baffle-shell having a pouring-lip at its upperedge, and a cap for holding the shell in position.

2. In a non-reiillable bottle, a bafHe-shell having a pouring-lip, and acap having a pouring-opening below the top of said lip.

3. In a non-reiillable bottle, a valved bafe-shell arranged in the neckof the bottle, and a cap extending overV and holding the shell in placeand provided with pouringopenings below the top of the shell.

4. A bottle having its neck provided with an internal rib, abaffle-shell seated thereon and having pouring-lips, a cap for retainingthe shell in place and provided with pouringopenings, and lockingdevices for said cap.

5. In a non-reiilla le bottle, 'a baffle-shell tting in the neck of thebottle and having a contracted passage at a point intermediate itslength, a valve in said passage, and a cap fitting over the shell andprovided with openings at a point below the top of the shell.

6. A bottle having its neck provided'with an internal rib, abaffle-shell having a lower iiange seated on said rib, andprovided withan upper lared mouth having diametricallyopposed pouring-lipsterminating below the extreme top of the shell, a hanged. cap VfittingALVIN WESLEY VEIKERT.

l/Vitnesses R. P. BELEW, ALBERT PoriiiNs.

